I will have to start turning over some Londo/G'Kar in my head! I should re-watch some of the series, too (I own the DVDs), although my tv-watching time is sadly short! I've never read the David trilogy, although I ought to--but I'm sad to hear there isn't much G'Kar in it! Still, stories like this fill in a lot...
I actually found the first-person POV much harder than I'd imagined, partly because of that very tight perspective, but also because Londo has this slightly pompous way of talking (and thinking) that can easily slide off into the artificial.
I was really impressed at tackling first-person Londo! I can't imagine many more challenging POVs to write from--as you say, I'm sure he takes forever to get somewhere and is likely to get sidetracked just as things get interesting by contemplating the proper shade of brocade or vintage of brivari.
Oh, by the way, I saw on your LJ you wrote a number of ST: TOS fics? I'll have to check those out. *rubs hands*
Sadly, I think it's just three--and two are drabblish. I'm kind of intimidated by writing K/S, I have to confess! The new movie helped by flooding my flist with so much K/S that it no longer felt like such a...weighty pairing (I shipped then before I knew what shipping was!)
Ah, well... My being a less-than-experienced fic writer and reader means I'm not always aware of what's a trope and what isn't.
It's not a common one, but since I used in my first slashy fic I ever wrote (for Blakes 7) I have a special fondness for it. :)
Oh, and I hope you don't mind that I friended you, so I don't miss other fics and also because you have fun meta! :)
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I actually found the first-person POV much harder than I'd imagined, partly because of that very tight perspective, but also because Londo has this slightly pompous way of talking (and thinking) that can easily slide off into the artificial.
I was really impressed at tackling first-person Londo! I can't imagine many more challenging POVs to write from--as you say, I'm sure he takes forever to get somewhere and is likely to get sidetracked just as things get interesting by contemplating the proper shade of brocade or vintage of brivari.
Oh, by the way, I saw on your LJ you wrote a number of ST: TOS fics? I'll have to check those out. *rubs hands*
Sadly, I think it's just three--and two are drabblish. I'm kind of intimidated by writing K/S, I have to confess! The new movie helped by flooding my flist with so much K/S that it no longer felt like such a...weighty pairing (I shipped then before I knew what shipping was!)
Ah, well... My being a less-than-experienced fic writer and reader means I'm not always aware of what's a trope and what isn't.
It's not a common one, but since I used in my first slashy fic I ever wrote (for Blakes 7) I have a special fondness for it. :)
Oh, and I hope you don't mind that I friended you, so I don't miss other fics and also because you have fun meta! :)